Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 18:55, Jonathan Moore wrote: > Quoting Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Anyways, while hotswap PSUs may not be important, any machine that is > > important is important enough for redundant supplies. It doesn't add > > much to the cost of the case and is a good i

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Jonathan Moore
Quoting Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anyways, while hotswap PSUs may not be important, any machine that is > important is important enough for redundant supplies. It doesn't add > much to the cost of the case and is a good insurance policy. > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 10:26, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > > SCSI controllers shouldn't get spooked by drive failures. Just choose > > good controllers. This can be difficult as you find out that even > > Adaptec has been known to have controllers that don't work well under > > some loads in linux. Del

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> SCSI controllers shouldn't get spooked by drive failures. Just choose > good controllers. This can be difficult as you find out that even > Adaptec has been known to have controllers that don't work well under > some loads in linux. Dell has a mailing list that basically is devoted > to the fixin

RE: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread David Gomillion
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 09:31, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > > My take on redundancy is to use a real server with disk mirroring and > > redundant power supplies. > > That's hardly redundant. What if you lose a disk controller? Or any part > of the motherboard? Or CPU? Power supplies can and have f

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> My take on redundancy is to use a real server with disk mirroring and > redundant power supplies. That's hardly redundant. What if you lose a disk controller? Or any part of the motherboard? Or CPU? Power supplies can and have failed in ways that manage to take out system components. :-)

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-08 Thread Steve Totaro
- From: "Jonathan Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy > This is esp true of any VoIP PBX system. In fact I think many of them run Windows. > > I do ha

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-06 Thread Jim Flagg
- Original Message - From: "Jonathan Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy > This is esp true of any VoIP PBX system. In fact I think many of the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits and redundancy

2004-01-06 Thread Jonathan Moore
This is esp true of any VoIP PBX system. In fact I think many of them run Windows. I do have a related question about how * users are creating redundancy in thier setups? I am going live in a few days with a single office setup where I have patched the * PBX in front of our existing legacy phone s